The Velveteen Age

The Velveteen Age is an EP released by Diane Birch with the Phenomenal Handclap Band. It consists of covers of songs she enjoyed while growing up.[5][6][7] Birch and the band re-imagined the dark eighties and nineties music with exuberance instead of melancholy, giving them the feel of seventies pop.[1] The picture on the cover is Birch at age 16, wearing a vintage Victorian wedding dress.[8]

The Velveteen Age
EP by
ReleasedDecember 7, 2010 (2010-12-07)
GenreNeo soul, pop,[1] gospel[2]
Length30:01
LabelS-Curve
ProducerSteve Greenberg, Sean Marquand, Daniel Collás[3][4]
Diane Birch chronology
Bible Belt
(2009)
The Velveteen Age
(2010)
Speak a Little Louder
(2013)

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original performerLength
1."This Corrosion"Andrew EldritchThe Sisters of Mercy3:39
2."Kiss Them for Me"Susan Ballion, Peter Edward Clarke, Martin McCarrick, Steven SeverinSiouxsie and the Banshees4:12
3."Bring On the Dancing Horses"Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Pete de FreitasEcho & the Bunnymen4:32
4."Atmosphere"Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Ian CurtisJoy Division5:03
5."Primary"Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Laurence "Lol" TolhurstThe Cure3:43
6."Tarantula"Martyn Young, Ian RobbinsThis Mortal Coil4:25
7."A Strange Kind of Love"Peter MurphyPeter Murphy4:27[9]
Total length:30:01

References

  1. Shragge, Ben (December 8, 2010). "Review: Diane Birch with The Phenomenal Handclap Band, 'The Velveteen Age'". Cover Me. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
  2. Martens, Todd (November 29, 2010). "Sisters of Mercy and Joy Division as modern gospel? Hear Diane Birch's take". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  3. The Velveteen Age (CD liner). Diane Birch with The Phenomenal Handclap Band. United States: S-Curve. 2010.CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. "The Velveteen Age - Diane Birch, The Phenomenal Handclap Band | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  5. Staples, Derek (December 2, 2010). "Diane Birch and The Phenomenal Handclap Band team up for covers EP". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
  6. Rees, Alex (November 30, 2010). "Diane Birch Is In The Velveteen Age On Her New EP". Teen Vogue. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  7. Freedman, Sally J. (December 20, 2010). "Diane Birch: The Velveteen Age". Persephone Magazine. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  8. "Diane Birch Covers Echo & The Bunnymen". Popservations. December 12, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  9. "The Velveteen Age - Diane Birch, The Phenomenal Handclap Band". AllMusic. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
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